Wockhardt Receives FDA Approval to Sell Generic Aricept

Lower prices for generic Aricept should allow more Alzheimer's patients to receive the drug...
By Bob DeMarco
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Pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Wockhardt has received tentative approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market and sell 5mg and 10mg tablets of Donepezil HCl, which is used for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

Donepezil is the generic name for the brand Aricept®, marketed in the United States by Eisai in partnership with Pfizer. Wockhardt will be launching the product in the US market on May 28, 2011. According to IMS Health, the total market for this product in the US is about $2.5 billion.

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